title: Room temperature benzene C-H activation by a new [PSiP]Ir pincer complex.
abstract: The synthesis and reactivity of coordinatively unsaturated Rh and Ir complexes supported by the new bis(phosphino)silyl pincer ligand [kappa(3)-(2-Cy(2)PC(6)H(4))(2)SiMe](-) ([Cy-PSiP](-)) are reported, including the first example of facile, room temperature intermolecular arene C-H bond activation mediated by a silyl pincer complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaB3H 4J3.
authors.forename: Darren F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caddell
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Turculet